3-PRONGED STRINGS AND 1 4 BPS STATES IN N=4 SUPER-YANG-MILLS THEORY/

Authors
BERGMAN O
Citation
O. Bergman, 3-PRONGED STRINGS AND 1 4 BPS STATES IN N=4 SUPER-YANG-MILLS THEORY/, Nuclear physics. B, 525(1-2), 1998, pp. 104-116
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
525
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
104 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1998)525:1-2<104:3SA14B>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We provide an explicit construction of 1/4 BPS states in four-dimensio nal N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory with a gauge group SU(3). These stat es correspond to three-pronged strings connecting three D3-branes. We also find curves of marginal stability in the moduli space of the theo ry, at which the above states can decay into two 1/2 BPS states. (C) 1 998 Elsevier Science B.V.